You’re very demanding, amk. Word has it, the Donald has sent ‘people’ to investigate the authenticity of the photo, he’ll report his findings soon-ish. And when he does, I want an apology from you for ever doubting me and Tally’s separateness.

Yup, or don’t train the staff to know what they are supposed to do. To wit, the PA law says that state “non-driver’s license” State IDs will be issued free of charge.

Staff at Penn DOT (Dept of Trans) site are saying that if people don’t specifically ask for the fee to be waived and also state that they are only using the ID to vote, then the staff person much charge the $10 fee.

I am in a very white section of Knoxville. For the past 5 or 6 years, at least, I could always go just around the corner, literally 5 or 6 minutes, to do early voting. For the primary that is what I did. Guess what? That location was closed. I never heard it announced or read it in the paper and I listen to local news and ready the paper every day. Just thought it was “interesting” in light of everything else going on.

In Arizona, they change the places that you vote around so you never know where you should be. I finally wised up and vote by mail now. I have lived here 11 years, and for the first few, I think I had voted in 6 or 7 different places. I think they WANT people to get pissed off and not vote!

This happened to us in 2010. Our local polling station was changed at the last minute. Hubby went on line to find out where to go because he was late with his mail in & wanted to drop his ballot off. The web site listed the old polling place which he knew was closed. He tried calling the hot line number which was no help at all because it was just a recording to go to the web site. He is one determined voter so he ended up taking his vote directly to the county recorder’s office. He raised a big stink there & they told him who to call. That person claimed all the new info was on the web site while he had the web site up & was looking at it. That person sputtered a bit & said they would look into it. BIG FIGGING BS!!!

The real info never went up on the web site until the day after voting. Hubby checked.

How many people did not get to vote because they are not as bull dogged determined as that beautiful man of mine? No matter, we are so going to be on top of this for November. Hubby has already signed up for poll watching etc.

Someimes I wonder if President and First Lady Obama would have had a houseful of children instead of 2 if they had the time. Those first 2 pictures just show what precious spirits that they have because of how infants and children just gravitate to them.

When I see photos of PBO with his hand on Michelle’s waist, I always think of a bit that Chris Rock did on Letterman a few years back: PBO having to remind himself not to hold her by her butt, which, he said, is what most husbands do, rather than her waist. You had to see how Chris did this to get the humor.

Their should be a law passed that all Singers, Actors has to be drug tested every year. That way we all have the delight of seeing these wonderful people, and in return, their lives are rescued and more importantly they get to live!

That doesn’t answer my question of where did he get the info that “the level of alcohol was extreme” at the time of her death. Unless the toxicologist is lying, the toxicology report completely contradicts that statement, regardless of how much information trickles out in the weeks to come.

So tragic. The most beautiful, clearest voice of all time and a life spun out of control. If anyone ever saw the reality show, “Being Bobby Brown”, it was the epitome of dysfunction and chaos. I was always hopeful for her—–she was my fave—–but I never felt confident that she had ever turned the corner—-sweat always just flowing off of her. Heartbreaking and such a waste—–the accumulation of all those years of heavy drug use caught up with her. So very sad.

From reading Oklahoma newspapers, I learned that Oklahoma is pumping an excess of oil and is having to build storage units at Cushing to hold it all. This southern pipeline will carry regular crude oil (not from tar sands) for now anyway and will alleviate the glut. We have pipelines all over the US. Astounding when you see the maps.

The tar sands oil that we already get from Canada (refined in Montana and North Dakota) has been partially refined by Canada before it is shipped south. But the tar sands crude they want to move through that pipeline contains some wickedly noxious stuff. When disaster hits from a massive spill, everyone will be so shocked and wonder why we didn’t consider this ahead of time.

Bill Moyers had a person on his show who was active in driving the housing mess. Wasn’t apologetic, just said everyone was so caught up in it and pushing it that no one seemed to consider the consequences. The devious push for the pipeline by Congressmen to try to force President Obama’s hand reminds me of that.

He’s right in part. On Jan 22nd, 2009, PBO signed an EO to close GITMO – but you can’ just CLOSE IT. You can’t just lovek the doors and tell everyone, “Bye. You can go home. Good luck.” without the means to get there.

There needs to be money to do it. Money to ship everyone and everything out of Cuba, and money to house those who are still in custody.

Congress has voted FOUR TIMES on the funding to close GITMO, and only SIX DEMS have voted to fund it.

So, Boner is technically right – there will need to be MONEY etc – but all of that is already there, so in this case, Boner is just being the usual, anti-Obama asshole he is, instead of trying to take this as a victory.

The longer he keeps up having tantrums like a five year old, the better for everyone.

Ever watch how Mitt Romney picks up and holds a baby? I don’t ordinarily watch his events, but one day on C-Span an Obama event was to be shown following him. Had the sound off but at one point he began picking up one after another–prearranged grouping of them. As he picks them up, he turns them with their face outward and never brings them very close to his body. Maybe afraid they will spit on him (who’s to blame the baby). President Obama cradles them and interacts with them. And sometimes gets fingers in his mouth. Adorable really. Great bonding.

Excellent photos. Good evening everyone. I secured another interview with OFA for Monday. Last Fall I didn’t get the internship but the guy called me today saying he liked my enthusiasm at the last OFA event so he wants to meet again. I’m so nervous. : )

Sam Stein noted yesterday that Mitt Romney, on the campaign trail, told voters it “just broke my heart” when he saw President Obama “go around the world apologizing for America.”
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This was immediately fact-checked, and it was immediately proven false, but that hasn’t stopped Romney from repeating this claim nearly every day since.
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If Romney had said it once and then walked it back, it would have been merely offensive. He might even be able to feign ignorance after telling the lie a single time. But if someone makes a dishonest claim, learns that’s it’s not true, and then chooses to repeat it countless times anyway, that person is no longer simply mistaken — that person is lying.

She was 87 years old and had been battling Alzheimer’s for some time now. As Rev Al said, it is sad losing his mother, but as a son, he expected to have to bury his mother at some point. It shouldn’t be the other way around as is the case with Trayvon’s parents. No mother or father should have to bury their healthy 17-year old son.

I am with Trayvon’s mother, this is not a black or white issue this is a justice issue. No one should pull a gun on anyone who is unarmed. The Dad playing in the park with his daughter was protecting unarmed kids and probably his kid and himself, why should he be dead? Looking at the video of the older AA gentleman that had the gun and shot the father appears to have been frustrated with the kids skate boarding on the basketball court. Those kids were not on HIS property, so why bring a gun to frighten kids? I don’t care what race that guy is, he should be charged for manslaughter just like the guy who shot Trayvon, they both went looking for trouble. Trayvon’s assailent should be tried for murder because he was told to stand down, the police were on their way.

This law and all of the states that have similar laws like it should repeal them or more children and innocent people will be killed. I remember some kids were skating underneath the apartment where I lived. I asked them to go skate somewhere else because I was studying and they did not live there. The elementary school was still open across the street and I told them to go skate on the school playground. One little boy took off his skate as if to hit me with it (he was about ten or eleven, I was about 20yrs old), I grabbed it out of his hand pushed him back and told him if he wanted his skate back, he needed to bring his mother with him. He got in my face like he wanted to fight me and I told him he better get some sense. When his little friends started crying I gave the skate back and told them don’t come back. I prayed his parents did not come looking for me but as aggrevating as those kids were, as an adult I had to step back and have a cooler head — they were just kids.

We live in a “Zero tolerance” society that creates more problems when a little common sense could be applied on a case by case basis like we used to.

Reports: Afghan Shooting Suspect To Be Charged With 17 Counts Of Murder

Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, the U.S. soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians, will be charged with 17 counts of murder, an official tells the Associated Press.

The official says charges against Bales also include six counts of attempted murder and six counts of aggravated assault and other violations of military law. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the charges had not been announced.

Robney is a lying, despicable dishonest, vile and nasty man. There are many words to describe him but nice isn’t one of them. I absolutely have no respect for and detest this lying human being. He is worst than Gingrich and Santorum togeth, and more dangerous.

The media might be selling but the voters (outside of the die-hard Obama haters) aren’t buying. Obama is beating Willard in his own state of MA by double digits. No one wants Etch a Sketch for President.

And did anybody know that A Republican Donor Harold Simmons will donate $ 18 million
to Mitt Superpac $ 18 Million by a single donor? fuck me so now let’s see if we can get
18 million Voters against Mitt lying asholeRomney.

Elon James White was at the “million hoodie march” in NYC yesterday. Afterwards, he was on twitter and he was talking about how something involving the OWS crowd’s behaviour at the rally made him really pissed. Here’s his account:

It figures. While on twitter yesterday I saw a few tweets about some white folks chanting some hard core ‘revolutionary’ things and then another tweet was about the crowd switching things up on the police at some bridge. It was a just a mess of things I didn’t understand and for a second I thought it sounded too much like Occupy nonsense.

So guys. R-money’s gonna be on Leno on Tuesday. Hooray!!!! Willard is gonna get to show how funny and personable and smart and relatable he is on the teevee!!!!! Next, Mrs. R-money will be going on Letterman and Leno!!!!!! Hercules, Hercules!!!!!

Or her Joining Forces, or planting a garden, or showing off her fit arms. I am just so piss at how the media lets Mrs. complaining R-money gets away with all her complaining. If it was Mrs. Obama complaining like that, can you just imagine the B.S. she would be getting from the right wing nuts.

A new report finds that 248 members of Congress allegedly used their positions to benefit their families since 2008.

The report found that 82 members — 40 Democrats and 42 Republicans — paid family members through their congressional offices, campaign committees and political action committees but highlighted Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) as an example, noting he “paid six relatives salaries or fees, the most of any member.”

Note to Ron Paul: If you hate govt so much, why don’t you quit doing family favors from your govt perch?